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W. 'A. FREEMAN. REFRIGERATED DISPLAY COUNTER TOP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1918.

Patented May 27, 1919 WILLIAM A. FREEMAN, 0F HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO W. A. FREEMAN COMPANY, LIMITED, 015 HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

REFRIGERATED-DISPLAY-COUNTER TOP.

Patented May 27, 1919.

Application filed July 8, 1918. Serial No. 243,992.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. FREEMAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Hamilton, in the county of VVentworth and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerated-Display-Counter Tops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in drippage disposal systems, and more particularly to a system for conveying drippage from the ammonia coils of refrigerated display counters, and consists essentially of drip gutters longitudinally disposed beneath the coils, together with concealed means within the coil supports for carrying the water from the gutters to a common discharge system beneath the counter top.

The invention has for its obj ect to provide a drippage disposal system) of the class specified which will effectively dispose of all moisture which collects on the exterior of refrigeration coils due to the warm surrounding atmosphere, without permitting it to drip upon the surface of the display counter slab, where it would mingle with the displayed goods.

A further ob'ect is attained in the provision of such a system which will be substantially concealed within the coil supports.

A still further object is to provide a device which will be simple, durable, efficient in operation, and inexpensive to manufacture. I

These, together with other objects apparent to those skilled in the art, may be attained by the construction, combination and arrangement of the parts which will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device shown partly in section, Fig. 2 is a front elevation also shown partly in section on the line AA in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a top view of the portion of the bracket through which the drain passes.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing, A indicates the countertop slab, which is shown in a slightly forward sloping position. This is not a necessary factor, as some counter top slabs are channels 8, one On each level, and this invention may be applied to the level type as well as the sloped. B indicates the supporting woodwork, which forms part of the counter proper. C designates a portion of one of the brackets which hold a front and top display glass. These hereabove described parts are old and hence form no part of the present invention.

The refrigerating coils D, which are horizontally disposed and-run longitudinally of the counter, are supported by a transverse rib 2 integral with the supporting column E, and which is hollowed out to prevent lateral movement of said coils. The coils rest freely upon said rib and are permitted to longitudinally ride according to expansion and contraction due to change in temperature.

The said column extends to within a suitable distance above the coils and is provided with a threaded socket 3 which is adapted to receive a corresponding threaded portion of the upper part of the bracket C. The lower end part of the column is turned to form a round lug 1 which engages a correspond ing pocket in a boss 5 formed on the bracket C. The upper surface of said boss is saucer shaped, and the shoulders of the column, which are formed by the lug 4, rest upon the bottom of the saucer, constituting a cir cumferential channel 6 therearound.

Drip gutters 7 disposed longitudinally directly beneath each coil D, to receive the moisture which drips therefrom, are supported by the edges of a pair of drainage side of and paralleling the coil supporting rib 2. These channels slope toward the center and communicate with a core 9 in the column E by means of ducts 10; The said drip gutters are formed with a double bottom providing a dead air insulation pocket 11 to eliminate condensation of moisture on the bottom.

The c0re9 of the column E registers at the bottom with-a passage 12 in the bracket C, which passage is tapped at its lower end to'receive a tube 13 which serves the secondary purpose of a bolt, there being a nut 14 threaded thereon and tightened against the slab A securing the bracket 0 to the same.

To the lower end of the tube 13 is attached a pipe 15 which conveys the water to a common pan under the counter,

A certain amount of moisture or condensation will form upon the bottom of the channels 7 and will follow the same by capillary attraction, to the column E from whence it will the to the circumferential channel 6 at the base of said column, and thence through a pair of ducts 16 into the passage 12. 1

The upper end parts of the column E, above the coils D, are provided with lateral opposed bosses 17 tapped to" reeei-ife threaded ends of stay rods 18 which are likewise secared to the ddjdceht edluriifls. The rods are for the surprise of seeding the columns against lateral movement due to the eaves SioIiand eoutraetioh of the coils,- which would otherwise in tini tend to loosen safflorro'in their heeoers; v

Having now fully deeer'ibed my invention, what I la'iin and desire to seem-e by Letters Patent of the- United states, is

I. Ina devise of the class described, the combination with eounter top and lass holding hraeket rigid with the counter top, of cored eo-lum'ri seeured at its u per end to the top portion or the bracket and its lower end to the bottom portion or the braehet, a horizontal transverse ediI support integral with and the upper end part of said column, a channel formed on eaeh side of said eoii su port and communicating with the core or column, hori zontal drip gutters disposed directly beneath the coils and supported b the outer sides of said channels, the core o said column coininuuio'ating at the lower end with a passage extending below, the" counter to", substan tially as set forth;

2. In a device" of the class described, the combination with a counter top and glass holding bracket rigid with the counter top, of aeoredeoiunm secured at its upper end to the top portion or the bracket and at its lower end to the bottom portion of the bracket,-

horizontal transverse co'i'l support integral with and at the u per end of said column, a" channel formed on each side of said coil support and communicating with the core of said column, horizontal drip gutters disposed directly beneath the" coils and supported the outer sides of said channels, said guttersbeing provided with a double bottom constituting an air pocket be tween, the core of said columncommunicating at the" lower end with a passage extending below the counter top, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

.3. In' a deviceof the class described, the combination with acounter top and glass holding bracket rigid vwith the counter top, of a cored column secured at its upper eIid to the top, portion of the bracket and provided at its. lower end with a concentric lug occupying a corresponding socket Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the 'it'ormed in the bottom portion of said bracket, said portion of said bracket having a saucer shaped depressionconcentric with said column and constituting an annular channel therearound, a horizontal transverse coil support integral with and at the upper end part of said column, a channel formed on each side of said coil support and commuuicating with the core of-said column, horizontal drip gutters disposed directly beneath the coils sup orted by the outer sides oisaid chahiiels, the oor'eoi said e01- uinn comm nicating at thelowe-r end with assage extending be1ow the toaster-top, duets communicatin with said annular C'llanlll itI'lCl Sitlfil passage, SllliStilltlallly set forth. p

4. In a device or the class deseribed, the combination with a counter top and glass holdinghraeket rigid with the" counter top,

of eored column secured at its upper end to the top portion ofthe bracket and at its lower end to the bottom portion of the bracket horizontal ort integral with and the upper end part of said column, ach'anntel fdr'ified on each side of said coil support and communion mg with the core ofsaid column; horizontal drip gutters disposed directly beneath the coils and supported by theouter' sides of said channels, the core of said column o0m'- municafltin'g at the lower "end with a assage extending below thecounter top, stay rods secured at one end to said column and at transverse coil sup- 7 the opposite end to the adjacent columns, 1

as and for the purp'ose'specified;

In a device of the class described, the combination with a counter top slab and glass holding bracket rigid with the slab; of a cored column secured at its upper end to the top portion of the bracket and at its lower end to the bottom portion (If the bracket, a horizontal transverse cdil support integral with and at the. upper dud part of said column, a channel formed on each side of said, support and communicating with the core ofsaidcolm'nn, horiiontal drip gutters disposed directly beneaththe coils and supported; by the outer sides or said channels,

the core of said column registering at the 1 lower end with a passage i-nthe bottom por tion of said bracket,- a tube passing through said slab and threaded into said passage, a nut threaded on said tube and tightened agtinst the under" side of said slab; a pipe threaded on the lower end of said tube, as and for the purpose set forth. 1

In testimony whereof I have ailixed signature.--

, H t, .c WILLIAM A; FREEMAN. Witness;

H. iI ENDRY.

Washington, 13. G. 

